About the Authors

Tadao Kunihiro

tadao.kunihiro@nioz.nl

Affiliations Department of Ecosystem Studies, Royal Netherlands Institute of Sea Research (NIOZ), Yerseke, The Netherlands, Department of Marine Microbiology, Royal Netherlands Institute of Sea Research (NIOZ), Yerseke, The Netherlands

Bart Veuger

Affiliation Department of Ecosystem Studies, Royal Netherlands Institute of Sea Research (NIOZ), Yerseke, The Netherlands

Diana Vasquez-Cardenas

Affiliations Department of Ecosystem Studies, Royal Netherlands Institute of Sea Research (NIOZ), Yerseke, The Netherlands, Department of Marine Microbiology, Royal Netherlands Institute of Sea Research (NIOZ), Yerseke, The Netherlands

Lara Pozzato

Affiliation Department of Ecosystem Studies, Royal Netherlands Institute of Sea Research (NIOZ), Yerseke, The Netherlands

Marie Le Guitton

Affiliation Department of Ecosystem Studies, Royal Netherlands Institute of Sea Research (NIOZ), Yerseke, The Netherlands

Kazuyoshi Moriya

Affiliation School of Natural Science & Technology, Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa, Japan

Michinobu Kuwae

Affiliation Center for Marine Environmental Studies (CMES), Ehime University, Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan

Koji Omori

Affiliation Center for Marine Environmental Studies (CMES), Ehime University, Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan

Henricus T. S. Boschker

Affiliation Department of Marine Microbiology, Royal Netherlands Institute of Sea Research (NIOZ), Yerseke, The Netherlands

Dick van Oevelen

Affiliation Department of Ecosystem Studies, Royal Netherlands Institute of Sea Research (NIOZ), Yerseke, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TK BV DvO. Performed the experiments: TK BV DVC LP MlG KM MK KO. Analyzed the data: TK BV DVC LP MlG. Wrote the paper: TK BV HTSB DvO.